Found 3 items, similar to painting.
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Definition: painting
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: painting
painting
n 1: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by
applying paints to a surface;
“a small painting by
Picasso”;
“he bought the painting as an investment”;
“his pictures hang in the Louvre” [syn:
picture]
2: creating a picture with paints;
“he studied painting and
sculpture for many years”
3: the act of applying paint to a surface;
“you can finish the
job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush”
4: the occupation of a house painter;
“house painting was the
only craft he knew” [syn:
house painting]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Painting
Paint
\Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Painted; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of
peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los
many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf.
Depict,
Picture,
Pigment,
Pint.]
1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to
paint a house, a signboard, etc.
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Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
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2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
colors; to diversify with colors.
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Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.
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Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak.
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3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat
surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors
or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with
paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
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4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a
political opponent as a traitor.
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Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
--Shak.
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If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.
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Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
draw; describe.
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Painting
\Paint"ing\, n.
1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with,
paints or colors.
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2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art
in which objects are represented in color on a flat
surface; a colored representation of any object or scene;
a picture.
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3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak.
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4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
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Syn: See
Picture.
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